The ball is delivered by Greg Cunningham, clearance by Abdoulaye Meite.

3:14

The ball is crossed by Roque Santa Cruz, Nicky Shorey manages to make a clearance.

2:37

Shot by Steven Reid from outside the box goes high over the crossbar.

The ref blows the whistle to start the match.

It is the end of the first-half.

The second half begins.

The referee signals the end of the game.

Match Preview

West Brom head coach Roberto Di Matteo is expected to ring the changes for the home Carling Cup clash with Manchester City.

Di Matteo made 11 alterations to his line-up for the 2-0 away triumph over Leyton Orient in the previous round. The former Chelsea player is not expected to take such drastic measures for the visit of Roberto Mancini's side.

But the likes of Roman Bednar, Steven Reid, Gianni Zuiverloon and Giles Barnes will be in contention for a rare start. Nicky Shorey is one player expected to be retained from the weekend win over Birmingham as fellow left-backs Marek Cech and Joe Mattock are not ready to return from injury.

West Brom's fringe players have been challenged to stake a claim to play Barclays Premier League football by impressing. First team coach Michael Appleton has laid down the gauntlet to the players currently not in favour with Di Matteo in the third-round Hawthorns encounter.

The Baggies altered their whole starting XI for the 2-0 win at Leyton Orient in the previous round with top-flight survival their main priority this season after promotion.

Appleton does not anticipate so many changes against City but still expects Di Matteo to make full use of his first-team squad Many of the side which overpowered Birmingham 3-1 at the weekend are expected to be rested or named amongst the substitutes.

But former Albion defender Appleton said: "It's another opportunity for some of the lads that played at Leyton Orient to stake a claim. "I think you can obviously expect some changes against Manchester City.

"I don't think there will be as many as there were against Orient. "But it's an opportunity for the head coach to use his squad.

"I think we have a few more bodies in the squad than we did last season and the season before.

"There are also a couple of lads bruised and battered from the weekend because, with it being a derby, there was a bit more in it than some of the other games."

Shay Given is set to make his first appearance of this season for Manchester City. The Ireland star has been told he can leave Eastlands in January by manager Roberto Mancini after being overlooked for the number one shirt in favour of Joe Hart. But he is set to feature in a much-changed Blues line-up as Mancini looks ahead to Saturday's crucial Premier League clash with Chelsea.

Even with so many changes, a situation forced on Mancini by the looming top-of-the-table encounter with champions Chelsea at lunchtime on Saturday, the Italian's team will still be expected to overcome a Baggies' outfit coached by compatriot Roberto di Matteo.

The pair never played together, for club or country. However, Di Matteo was one of the first people Mancini looked up when he was considering whether he should accept the offer to replace Mark Hughes last December.

"Roberto played here for many years at Chelsea and also knows Italian football very well," confirmed Mancini. "He explained a few things to me.

"He is a good guy and a good manager, who did a good job last year.

"It will be difficult for us because he knows everything about us."

Formation:442Manager: Roberto Di Matteo

West Brom

Formation: 433Manager: Roberto Mancini

Man City

Boaz Myhill

Gianni Zuiverloon

Abdoulaye Meite

Ibanez Pablo

Nicky Shorey

Somen Tchoyi

Steven Reid

Graham Dorrans

Giles Barnes

Roman Bednar

Simon Cox

SUBS

Scott Carson

Jonas Olsson

Chris Brunt

Peter Odemwingie

Marc-Antoine Fortune

Paul Scharner

Gonzalo Jara

Home

Away

Shay Given

Javan Vidal

Dedryk Boyata

Ben Mee

Greg Cunningham

Adam Johnson

Patrick Vieira

Abdisalam Ibrahim

Joao Alves Jo

Roque Santa Cruz

John Guidetti

SUBS

Stuart Taylor

Vincent Kompany

Pablo Zabaleta

James Milner

David Silva

Scott Kay

Frederic Veseli

Match Report

Albion`s second string pile misery on Mancini
Sheikh Mansour's #1billion investment in Manchester City was unable to save the Blues from an embarrassing 2-1 Carling Cup defeat to West Brom's second string at The Hawthorns.
Even with an estimated #100million of talent on the pitch at the final whistle as Roberto Mancini threw on James Milner and David Silva, City were unable to force an equaliser.
Milner came closest in stoppage time when Boaz Myhill made a flying save to ensure a West Brom side showing 10 changes from the team which beat Birmingham on Saturday preserved a lead Gianni Zuiverloon and Simon Cox had given them in a two-minute second-half spell.
It was a dismal result for Mancini, who must now try to avoid defeat to Chelsea at Eastlands on Saturday to stop questions being asked about his admittedly short Blues reign.
In fact, as they contemplated their fate on the journey back up the M6, probably the only man who could look back on the contest with any satisfaction was goalkeeper Shay Given.
At the weekend Given admitted his plight at Eastlands was not an attractive one but the Irishman turned in an excellent display, with two saves in particular standing out.
The first, to deny Graham Dorrans needed agility after the midfielder had let fly from 20 yards with a shot heading for the bottom corner.
Then it was strength, speed and dexterity as Given turned away Giles Barnes' header, then got across his goal quickly enough to repel Somen Tchoyi.
Even as he reflected on those efforts at half-time, Given must have known his involvement against Chelsea on Saturday would come from the bench given Mancini's line-up, containing three new faces and three teenagers, had both eyes on the visit of Carlo Ancelotti's men.
In the final analysis, it may be pointed out to Mancini that his purposes might have been better served had this been the game when he selected all his stars.
After all, unless the Italian is harbouring serious ambitions of winning the title, even though City are already seven points adrift of the leaders, a home game against Chelsea is probably not going to make or break their top four aspirations in the same way this defeat ended their hopes of winning a trophy before May.
But at half-time Mancini must have been fairly pleased with himself after Jo had once again rewarded his manager's faith and patience.
The #17million Brazilian scored his first City goal in almost two years in Salzburg last week.
Rather like London buses, once one arrives, another follows shortly afterwards.
Given West Brom controlled so much of the contest, it should be no surprise City pounced on the counter-attack with one of the debutants, John Guidetti, playing a key role before Jo calmly stroked the ball home.
When Given stood tall to beat away a Barnes effort after the midfielder had been sent racing beyond the City defence, it appeared the script for the evening had been written.
Faced with such adversity, West Brom's mood was impressively defiant.
And although Ben Mee was fuming at being on the wrong end of an apparent push in the build-up, there was no doubting the touch of class from Zuiverloon as he belted his side level from 20 yards.
Within a couple of minutes, the Baggies were celebrating again as Cox found the same bottom corner after finding himself some space on the edge of the City box.
The swift reversal in fortune was no more than West Brom deserved and triggered the introduction of Milner in a clear effort to try to salvage the contest.
Silva soon followed but it was all to no avail as the Baggies celebrated a famous win.